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Joined: May 29, 2012 9:14 am
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RE: Trimble Businees center Multiple Scale Factors

No. 3 may work fine. I know Carlson's SurvCE will calculate the proper combined factor based on each instrument setup. The user enters nothing, except...

10 years ago
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RE: screen capture/recording software

I've been using Camtasia on my videos. It works pretty well. As I get deeper into video editing I'm finding there are more things I'd like to be able ...

10 years ago
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RE: Burnt out...........

There is really only one way to find out if your estimation of yourself is excessively high. Got to put yourself to the test to find out. Pretty soon,...

10 years ago
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RE: Home Office

I would find it difficult to justify the rent on an office space as a solo operator for all of the reasons Jimmy mentioned. When I go into the field I...

10 years ago
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RE: Home Office

I've wondered if a rental space arrangement could be made for meeting clients. I work from home in an upstairs spare room. It has plenty of space for ...

10 years ago
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RE: A tip for you young fellows

Didn't study enough, I guess.

10 years ago
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RE: A tip for you young fellows

Instead of an interview/resume, you could just read about me on facebook.

10 years ago
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RE: A tip for you young fellows

James Fleming, post: 387885, member: 136 wrote: Yesterday's "cover letter":Hello,Hope you are doing well,I'm pretty much interested in this position. ...

10 years ago
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RE: Dynamic Datums-we all need to be aware of this

Maybe new State Plane Coordinate Systems can be designed to shift at the origin to keep grid values consistent. Most surveyors won't care that the geo...

10 years ago
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RE: Dynamic Datums-we all need to be aware of this

I thought it was going to be fixed to ITRF at a particular epoch (which wouldn't be dynamic anymore). Is that not correct?

10 years ago
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RE: Grid/Ground Madness

My understanding is that in formal parlance "Scale Factor" always refers to the Grid Factor (ellipsoid to projection surface). You'll note that Jim's ...

10 years ago
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RE: Grid/Ground Madness

I used to refer to the combined factor as "combined scale factor" or "CSF", but now I call it simply "combined factor". "Combined Scale Factor" implie...

10 years ago
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RE: Grid/Ground Madness

Also an important part of metadata. On that note, remember that area is a linear unit squared, so the CSF is squared for area scaling.

10 years ago
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RE: Grid/Ground Madness

Unless your State has some specific statutes that prevent it, you probably have a lot of leeway in how you document your surveys. The important, make ...

10 years ago
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RE: GNSS Post-Processing Software for Export to Star*Net

From your comment above, it sounded like you might be looking to edit the antenna height after exporting the data. I guess I misread.

10 years ago
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RE: GNSS Post-Processing Software for Export to Star*Net

You'll need to be careful with that. Are the exported vectors mark to mark or phase center to phase center?

10 years ago
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RE: Survey Distance Measurements in 1974

There was a surveyor in these parts (East Texas) that used a chain in the 1930's-1970's with more precision than many surveyors with EDMI in the 1990'...

10 years ago
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RE: What is the slickest tool you've found in Carlson Survey?

Type ea at command line for enter and assign. Point numbering will follow settings in point defaults.

10 years ago
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RE: What is the slickest tool you've found in Carlson Survey?

I like the coordinate transformation utility. So handy for comparing survey ties to record information (provided the record calls are pretty tight).

10 years ago
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